Process of making edible containers



O ct. 7 1930. A. ROSS! 1,777,896

PROCESS OF MAKING EDIBLE CONTAINERS Filed Aug. 22, 1928 Patented. Oct 7, 1930 UNITED STATES;

AMADOR ROSSI, or EUREKA, CALIFORNIA PROCESS OF MAKING EDIBLE CONTAINERS" Application filed August 22, 1928. Serial m5. 301,349.

Confections, so that the latter may be put up in an attractive manner, and the container as well as its contents may be eaten.

Another-object of the invention is the provision of a container of the above character which may be made to simulate a log.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details 'ofconstruction, to be hereinafter more fully described,- illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the .drawingi- Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating the initial step in making the container, the confection being shown as coated upon a cylinder.

Figure 2 shows the forming cylinder removed and one end of the container closed.

Figure 3 illustrates the manner of closing the other end of the container.

Figure 4 illustrates the container after the application of the bonbons or other small articles of confection.

Figure 5 shows the container after the second application of confection.

Figure 6 is a view illustrating one man-' ner of connecting the container.

In carrying out the invention, use is made of a cylinder of suitable size which may be formed of metal, cardboard or other suitable material. This cylinder is coated with a semi-liquid or plastic edible coating, pref erably chocolate and may be applied-with the hands or with any suitable tool until the desired thickness has been reached. The inner cylinder which is the forming cylinder 7 or mandrel is indicated at 10, while the chocolate or other edible coating is indicated at 11. After the coating 11 has hardened it is placed end up upon a marble slabor other smooth surface indicated at 12 and a sufficient quantity of semi-liquid chocolate is poured into the cylinder to provide an end closure 13, as shown in Figure '2. After the end 13 has hardened the cylinder'is reversed to adhere to the cylinder. The inner surface and its open end is forced intoa semi-liquid chocolate mass 145 so as to pr0v1de a closure 15 for the oppositeend. A hollowchocolate cylinder is thus provided which is closed at each end.

Thefsemi-liquid chocolate hardens iri'a very few minutes and bonbons or other small articles'of confection are attached to the outside of the cylinder. Thisis accomplished by dipping. one end of'the bonbons in semi-liquid chocolate andplacingl these dipped ends againstthe cylinder so that the chocolatewillharden and cause the bonbon of the. cylinder is smooth while thejouter bons are applied as indicated at 16"in Fig- I ure 4 of the, drawings, the article will reseme ble alog having stumps of branches extendingtherefrom. I V J The cylindrical surface and bonbons are then covered with asecondcoating of semiliquid chocolate indicated at 17 in Figure 5 of the drawings and this] coating may be treated with a fork or other suitable instrument which is dug into the coating17 so that closely resemble a log. then transversely cut so that the stumps of limbs will have a center of a different or lighter appearance than the outside, as indicated at 18 in Figure 6. This will more closely resemblesevered branches.

The container may be out along the dotted line aa in Figure 4 of the drawings so as to provide separate members 19 which are subextend only around the cylindrical surface of the container as shown, or it may extend L PAT ENTf OFFICER c c surface is relatively rough and after the bone the outside surface of thecontainer will more The bonbons are around this cylindrical surface and over the ends. If the ends are left uncoated they may be of a lighter colored chocolate so as to more clearly simulate wood with the outer or darker chocolate simulatingthe bark.

If only a half log is desired, a mold of metal or other suitable material of this character may be used. This will provide a con tainer which is not completely closed, but the container may otherwise be the same as that previously described.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim. 7

Having described the invention what is claimed is: a

The process of making edible containers consisting of coating a stifi cylinder with a semi-liquid confection, permitting the confection to harden and then removing the cylinder, placing the hardened cylinder of confection so formed upon a support and pouring into the confection cylinder sufiicient semi-liquid confection to close the lower end thereof, reversing the cylinder and immersing the other end into a semi-liquid confection to form a hollow container closed at each end, dipping one end of a plurality of small articles of confection into a semi-liquid confection and attaching said small articles to the outside of the confection cylinder,

coating the sides of the confection cylinder and the small articles of confection with a V semi-liquid confection and permitting said confection to harden, cutting the small articles of confection transversely to expose their interiors and severing the confection cylinder to provide a container having a separable bottom and top. V

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

AMADOR ROSSI. 

